Team Liquid is the first semi-finalist of ESL Pro League Season 16

Team Liquid outplayed MOUZ with a score of 2:0, thanks to which they made it to the semi-finals of ESL Pro League Season 16. Here the North American team will meet the winner of the Cloud9 match - FaZe Clan. In turn, the "mice" leave the competition, taking 5th-8th place and earning $37,500.

The first quarter-final of the event started on the Inferno map, which turned out to be the choice of the North American team. At the same time, "liquid" almost immediately seized the initiative on the server, showing a solid attack, and at the same time taking eleven rounds at once - 11:4. After the side switch, MOUZ players tried to return to the fight, but in vain. As a result, Team Liquid managed to keep their advantage and then take the lead in the series — 16:10.

After a short break, the teams moved to the Ancient map, which became the choice of MOUZ. Here the struggle turned out to be a little more, because the “mice” were still trying to impose their game in attack, but still did not escape defeat in the first half - 9:6. After switching sides, MOUZ managed to win the pistol round, but immediately after that, there was a failure. In turn, Team Liquid quickly caught its wave in order to unleash its full potential in attack and get a fundamental victory over the opponent — 16:11.

ESL Pro League Season 16 runs from August 31st to October 2nd in Malta at the Salini Resort. 24 teams from Europe, CIS, North and South America compete for a total prize pool of $835,000. The winner of the tournament will receive the main prize of $175,000, as well as tickets to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 and IEM Katowice 2023.

Intermediate results of ESL Pro League Season 16

• 1st place: $175,000 + 2,800 BLAST Premier points + ticket to BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 + ticket to IEM Katowice 2023
• 2nd place: $70,000 + 1,400 BLAST Premier points
• 3rd-4th place: $35,000 + 875 BLAST Premier points
• 5th-8th place: MOUZ — $37,500 + 262.5 BLAST Premier points
• 9th-12th place: fnatic and Complexity — $27,000; FURIA and Heroic - $32,000
• 13th-16th place: Team Spirit, Astralis, Evil Geniuses and BIG — $19,000
• 17th-20th place: Ninjas in Pajamas and Eternal Fire - $17,500; MIBR and ENCE - $12,500
• 21st-24th place: Endpoint and HEET — $11,000; FTW and Movistar Riders - $6,000